Economics

GoodHire has just released its list of the most affordable cities to live and work in 2022 (https://www.goodhire.com/resources/articles/americas-most-affordable-places). They analyzed data from 155 cities with a labor force greater than 150,000. Top of the list is Sioux Falls, S.D. and Los Angeles was bottom. Georgia cities are represented by Atlanta (11), Savannah (47), and Augusta (117). What?! Atlanta is more affordable than Augusta? Something doesn’t seem right, so I looked at their methodology and the data they used. They used data from seven factors to establish their ranking. Wage growth

After two pandemic years, local merchants and hotels were glad to see crowds and income on par with pre-covid years. It was standing room only at TBonz during the 2022 Masters Tournament, according to Henry Scheer. The restaurant drew much larger crowds than it did in 2019 and 2020. Scheer, co-owner of the well-known restaurant located just blocks from the Augusta National Golf Club, said he was very pleased with the turnout for the first full tournament in three years. The crowds were so large that customers had to wait

The bad news is that gas prices probably won’t be decreasing in the foreseeable future. But the good news, says Marty Koger, is that buying a tank of gas for your car is still a pretty good deal. Koger’s family has been selling gas and diesel fuel in Augusta since 1927, and he has been in the business since 1980. He once owned several area gas stations but now owns a company delivering ethanol, an important ingredient in the gas we put into our cars. He still follows the petroleum